Soinam Jigmei skips rope with his pals in the Chodron Orphanage, Lhasa, captial of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, on Feb. 8, 2009. (Xinhua Photo)The Tibet Regional Department of Civil Affairs, the Tibet Regional Charity Federation and the Tibet Regional Welfare Lottery Center have donated 300,000 yuan RMB (43,900 U.S. dollars) to 150 poor students.
These students are from Tibet University and Tibetan Medicine College.
Tan Yungao, a leading official of the Regional Department of Civil Affairs, said that using the lottery charity fund to support social welfare and social security undertakings is a major reason for issuing welfare lotteries.
He urged the regional welfare lottery center to continue paying attention to the aid-education projects to benefit more poor students.
By the end of 2008, Tibet had earmarked 325 million yuan RMB (47.5 million dollars) raised from welfare lottery as the charity fund for social welfare projects in the region.
Source: Tibet Daily/Xinhuanet
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